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Sistrurus tergeminus (Desert massasauga)

Synonyms: Crotalophorus edwardsii; Crotalus tergeminus; Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii; Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus; Sistrurus tergeminus edwardsii

Wikipedia Abstract

Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii is a subspecies of venomous pitviper endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In places its range overlaps that of S. c. tergeminus, and intergrading of the two subspecies is not unknown.
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♦ 1Variation in the Diet of Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga), with Emphasis on Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (Desert Massasauga); Andrew T. Holycross and Stephen P. Mackessy; Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 454–464, 2002
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0